Triton XXII, Lot: 933. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. M. Porcius Cato. Spring 47- Spring 46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.76 g, 12h). Utica mint. Draped bust of female (Roma?) right, with hair collected in knot; M • CATO • PRO • PR around lower right / Victory seated right on chair set on ground line, holding patera with her extended right hand and palm frond over left shoulder; VIC(TR)IX in exergue. Crawford 462/1c; CRI 46; Sydenham 1052; Porcia 9; BMCRR Africa 15-6; RBW –; Sear, Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. I, The Republic and The Twelve Caesars, 280 BC–AD 96, 1381 (this coin illustrated). Choice EF, lightly toned, reverse slightly off center.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 245; R. Russo Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XXVII, 4 December 1991), lot 562.